First time on skis for 40 years
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Printed Date: November-15-2024 at 6:54pm
Topic: First time on skis for 40 years
Posted By: 76tique
Subject: First time on skis for 40 years
Date Posted: October-02-2010 at 12:50am
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Took my buddies dad out on the Tique a couple of weeks back. 70 years young, hadn't been on skis in 40 years. But in his words, "Hey, I'm game!!"
http://www.youtube.com/dwh157#p/a/u/2/rK0ma-lN7v8 - Was pretty cool to see I hope I'm still skiing at 70. -Tom |
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Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: October-02-2010 at 1:09am
Month or so ago me and Eddie took a friend of mine from the ski club, Paul Inman out for a ski. Not exactly sure of his age...believe it is mid-eighties! Took him a couple of tries to get up, unfamiliar ski, but he slalomed all over our lake. Taught Paul to foot on the boom when he was 67. Very cool old dude!
The guy standing inbetween me and the Lurker (my brother Bill) in this picture from this years TN visit is Ralph Shick. Just turned 71 on the 30th of September. Foots all over the lake. Did a couple of double runs with him this year. Ralph was still doing deeps last year..might have given 'em up this summer john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: tnplicky
Date Posted: October-02-2010 at 10:47am
Awesome! Good for him! 
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76tique wrote:Posted By: Gonne929
Date Posted: October-05-2010 at 1:54pm
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Great story...I hope I am still skiing at 70! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4946&sort=&pagenum=2 - 84 Nautique http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5573&sort=&pagenum=1 - 99 Nautique |
Posted By: M3Fan
Date Posted: October-05-2010 at 2:10pm
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Extremely good exposure on that picture, JB. Either the perfect sun angle or some nice flash work. ------------- 2000 SN GT40 w/99 Graphics/Gel 2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: October-05-2010 at 4:37pm
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Good stories. It's great to see people keeping at it. Unbelievable to be barefooting at 71. I got 2 61 year olds up 3 years ago after each had had a long time out. One was my brother. I thought I'd be able to get him back into it, but my neice told me after I'd been encouraging him to go that she and her Mom don't want him to ski anymore. They think he's too old.
Now that I think of it, my wife and I are the oldest skiers in our big extended family. Everyone older has given it up, even my buddy Steve from Asheville that I've been skiing with since about 1970 hasn't gone for 2 summers. He needs tomeet JBear, BF Eddie and Tim B's parents! ------------- |